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Interested in going deeper? The following links will take you to some additional resources on the theory and practice of ePortfolio use.

Reflective Thinking

• Jill D. Jenson. Promoting Self-regulation and Critical Reflection Through Writing Students' Use of Electronic Portfolio. The International Journal of Electronic Portfolio Research, 2011, 1, 1.
• William H. Rickards, Mary E. Diez, Linda Ehley, Lauralee F. Guilbault, Georgine Loacker, Judith Reisetter Hart, and Paul C. Smith. Learning, Reflection, and Electronic Portfolios: Stepping Toward an Assessment Practice. The Journal of General Education, 2008, 57, 1.

ePortfolios and Assessment

• Alycia Shada, Kevin Kelly, Ruth Cox, and Savita Malik. Growing a New Culture of Assessment: Planting ePortfolios in the Metro Academies Program. The International Journal of Electronic Portfolio Research, 2011, 1, 1.
• Darren Cambridge. Universities as Responsive Learning Organizations Through Competency-Based Assessment with Electronic Portfolios. The Journal of General Education, 2008, 57, 1.
• Christy Desmet, Deborah Church Miller, June Griffin, Ron Balthazor, and Robert E. Cummings. Reflection, Revision, and Assessment in First-Year Composition ePortfolios. Journal of General Education, 2008, 57, 1, pp. 15-30.

Overviews and Best practices

• Robert McCloud. Using ePortfolios For Engaged Learning. A handbook produced for eportfolio.org by the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium.
• Helen Chen & Tracy Penny Light. (2010). Electronic portfolios and student success: Effectiveness, efficiency, and learning. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
• Tracy Penny-Light, Helen Chen,& John Ittelson (2011). Documenting learning with ePortfolios: A guide for college instructors. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Online Journals

• International Journal of ePortfolio Research

Comprehensive Websites about ePortfolios

• AAEEBL website (the Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-based Learning)
• Dr. Helen Barrett's website on electronic portfolios